Halloween :D!

ok, so halloween is on monday, but most places will be having their halloween specials over the weekend, so you should all have your costumes sorted by now!

So! What's everyone going as?

I'm *THINKING* about "a pimp kitty" but i'll just end up going as a cat lol. Which reminds me, i need to finish me tail :D

I'm going to at least two halloween nights this weekend, along with it being the Relaunch weekend of the cathouse, which i've got invites to for all 3 nights :D CANT WAIT! I'm gunna be SO wasted ALL weekend!

Costume? Halloween?

This is where I put my foot down. If I see one small child on 'trick or treat' I'm gonna lock it in the garage till next year or until it realises that such things should be confined to the USA.

(yes, I'm warming up the 'humbug' for the looming unmentionable national holiday)

Trying to sort out a booze up at a friends house, but you have to come in fancy dress.. I'm trying to get a gas mask off ebay (will have to insert a straw/tube thing under the mask so I can drink :crazy: )

lol, halloween's gunna be WIKID this year, stop being such a spoil sport! *hmpf*

31st is also the date I moved into my house so thats another excuse to get drunk :)

trick or treating no.

costume house party yes. it'll be suit, bowler hat, and eye shadow for me, apprently i look well scarey, but it may not come to that, depends whats happening

I'm gonna be making a Kill Bill style tracksuit that Uma wears in the fight scenes if I have time. The yellow Tiger trainers that match are a bit pricey though.

Beats the traditional witch and devil costumes :P

I'm going to target and buying a child costume (whichever is cheapest--I suspect it will be harry potter). I don't think it will fit, but the cape will do just fine. I wanted to do incredible hulk, but it's just getting too cold here.

Trick or Treating sucks..

Give us stuff or we'll do something nasty to your house... It's just blackmail by a different name.

And that sounds uber-grumpy but I'm not. I'd quite happily give sweets and stuff to the little kids who come around all dressed up, but it's the 15 and 16 years olds who knock on the door with nothing but a rubber mask on and expect to get something.

Of course, these little so and sos are more capable of playing something more than a 'trick' on you... so rather than something innocent and fun like getting squirted with a water pistol of having 'boo' written in chalk on the path you get your car egged and floured and your aerial snapped off... All cos I wouldnt give a fun size Mars bar to the McDonalds employee reject who was hiding a fag behind his back wearing a rubber Frankenstein mask.

Haloween's crazy - its like the country goes out dressed up and gets drunk, and why? Only reason I can think of it to celebrate my Birthday :D

Nox

My kids aren't really allowed to go trick or treating, they are older now so they never bother but when they were little us and other parents made arrangements just to go to each other's houses, i'd never allow them to call on people that werent expecting them :)

We never usually get any trick or treaters anyway, Max can see their costumes and flashy lights through our glass front door he hates them, so barks very very loudly at them, which means they don't hang about :D

I don't ever recall the UK being the 51st state of the USA and kids who trick or treat are nothing but a nuisance :rant:.

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Originally Posted by PrivatePyle

Are girls who think that being above size 10 means you shouldnt wear a bikini in public allowed to dress up as a 'pimp kitty' ;)

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yes, i'm going to be wearing a corset, hence looking thinner and sporting a flat tummy image :p i'm a bit worried about my legs tho :S they're a bit like tree trunks poking out the bottom of a PVC dress, but i'll don some pink fishnets to detract from the shape :p


As for trick or treating, because i live in an area with loads of kids, we did go out guising, but we ALWAYS had a parent with us. Halloween gets better as you get older tho, cos you can get away with better (kinkier?) outfits, and you get to go to "halloween" nights every night for an entire weekend :D and drink yourself stupid :p

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Originally Posted by e-LAN-go

I don't ever recall the UK being the 51st state of the USA and kids who trick or treat are nothing but a nuisance :rant:.

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Agree with Nick

Kids = yes

Anyone over 12 can feek orf as far as im concerned. No scally chav scummer is getting any of our money/amrs bars. In fact anyone old enough to have theirs ears pierced is too old for trick and treating- especially if they are wearing gold hoops :P

Just as an interesting* bit of trivia...

Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual?

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The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year.

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Halloween didnt originate in America :)

*please note- may not be interesting

edit: only the americans could make such a big deal out of the blatant non holiday that is halloween ;) :p

get my m8 and sit in the village and dress up as a scearcrow like put straw in out shoes and sleaves and make us look fake and put a pumpkin on out heads sit as still as possible with a bag of sweets for the kids and when thy put there hand in shout ARRRRRRRRRRRR then:heckle:

No fancy dress for me this year, Last year however I went to a rather drunken house party as the punisher, that worked out fairly well tbh

I've had around 20 knocks on my door from trick-or-treaters so far, they started appearing mid September.

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The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year.

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Well I stand corrected then hehe but that damn "holiday" was popularised by them and now is the bane of most households across the country.

i've refused to go haloween parties in fancy dress since i was compelled to go as a panda. Thou i've never had so many hugs from strangers in my life.

haloween eh?

never really got the trick or treat thing myself, its like 'give me free stuff please' and you say it to strangers, nah sounds dodgy to me, my parents would never have let me do it either, incase the neighbours thought less of us lol,

not going out to save money this haloween, instead im mindlesly runnign through maps on source trying to better my skill for an 'event' of great importance :)

Got nothing to dress up as :( Plus last years was pretty crap, went to a club, spent an hour queueing for every pint I wanted ! Most sober night out of my life :(

Theres a halloween ball at uni, Im tempted to go, if I can get a suitable degree of fancy dress

last night wasnt exactly fancy dress, although a few people were in costume (i think :s) but it was a fab night all the same even if things were then said that shouldnt have been *ho hum*

Like what?

Its halloween, we want all the gory details :D

if you are a boy its best not to appear as though you tried to hard with the costume, alot of girls costumes can look really good (and often quite kinky) with a small amount of effort on their part

so, ghost costume has got to be the best, just get your bed sheet drape it over you and walk out the door

then when you get there go to the drinks table, take sheet of and have a good night

now you dont look like a spoil sport OR someone who tries to hard

aside from the 'mate, you didnt need a costume to look scary' jokes my halloweens are not really much different from the standard house party etc in the end

i think as there are not any parties going on in petersfield this year im just gonna stay in and watch some scary movies (i believe channel 4 has a season dedicated to it right now?)

have fun ladies and gents

TBH, id say men trying hard and making cool costumes is pretty cool (being a student i dont have much to do during the day .. hence all the monkey photochops) its nice when someone puts the effort in, and girls can see it too id say from last years at home when a few guys came in amazing nun's costumes and as mad doctors, caused quite a fuss dancing and to get pictures taken with them, certainly if i cba i would too :)

Swafe - no details, mainly cos i dont REMEMBER details, i just remember having the conversation and then knowing it really shouldnt have happened lol

Blokes in costume.... hmmm, to be honest, i'd have to say men SHOULD put in a lot of effort if they're going to bother getting dressed up at all. Blokes who just turn up with a sheet over their heads LOOK like they've made no effort and just cba. If you cant be bothered, then just dont. there's no point in making a half assed effort!

oh, looks like halloween to guys and girls on hexus is different from the halloween i am used to

ill try harder next year if there is anything going on, but tbh i like being lazy

I'm sorting a pumpkin, and there are some youngens around who we don't mind obliging with sweeties, after all, it is a tradition around our street that MY generation of youngens started. (being the first people to move into our street and all)

I've only done the pumpkin beacuse I wanted to make soup too. (helping mum with diet, i made pumpkin, parsnip, carrot and onion soup. 10 (slimmingworld) points for the whole saucepan) and it was yummy.

Ah, halloween. I never really got into it much when I was young, and I don't really like the idea of "Trick or Treat", especially the "I'll slash your tyres and smash your windows" tricks.

Having said that, it is a great chance to dress up and have a good time with your friends. Last year I went to a party and dressed up as a Droog- White trousers, white shirt, braces, bowler hat, and the piece de resistance, False Eyelashes. Both on one eye, these were Diamante ones, and they were frankly awesome. I'm planning on redoing it for Monday :D

Okay, rant time.

I can't be bothered to go out, because everywhere is been halloweenie tonight and i'm just not in the mood, i've written 10,000 lines of code since thursday, had too little sleep. I've no costume and i'm just not in the mood. Were is my refuse? Well some of my friends found one, fortet, but i've got too much work to do (because i've been a lazy boy!) and too little money to go up to oxford.

Damn halloween.